DAY 58
Last day at the store was today! I used to hate going to the store up until about 2 weeks ago. So I was pretty excited to go to the store today and see the girls one last time. But then that quickly faded when I had a pounding headache that lasted me most of the day. It was absolutely horrible. I have never felt a headache so excruciating in my life. Most of the time when I have a headache I rest, but I couldn't today. I wanted to literally just caress my poor head and hold my brain in place as I walked down the street. Ugh.
I started the day off my trimming the giant painted leaves for the interior part of the store. Some of the canvas was looking pretty haggard so we had to fix it. Then cut up long strips of various fabric to be braided and made into curtain ties for one of the home concepts called Pigeon's kitchen. I liked doing this because I had a little bit of freedom as to what fabric I wanted and what I thought looked good and suitable for the concept. And it was also reassuring when Annalily (my Store mentor) told me how good it looked.
Then I finished off the day but trimming more leaves and ironing them. It was extremely difficult to get them ironed, and they never ended up looking unwrinkly actually. So it was aggravating to say the least. I felt like I wasn't getting anything really accomplished. But I kind of didn't care at that point since there was only an hour left of my last day. OH and I was the only one working til 4 that day. I missed my bud. The day went by so slow, but it was that much more relieving when it was over.
I am currently making cupcakes for the visual team for tomorrow! It is my little way of saying thank you. I am so happy I got to do my internship here. Overall, I really do love it and hope to come back one day.
But it is kind of bittersweet because it signifies that I am moving on. Not only moving on to the next walkabout, which I am all of a sudden getting super nervous about and I am realizing how much I am going to miss my mom. Not just because of all of the conveinent things like food and transportation, but I am going to miss her company. Ugh.
And not only is the walkabout in my future, but so is college, which is really stressing me out. I always knew I had expensive taste, but I was hoping that wouldn't transfer over to my college choice. It is super annoying and I am kicking myself for not applying for scholarships earlier. I know how annoying and complicated that makes things better than anyone since I am the one who has to live with the guilt most directly. Jesus. I don't know I guess everything happens for a reason and I will do what I am meant to do. Even if that means choosing a different college (which will most likely be difficult at this point) or working my little patoot off to no end to make things work.
Well I am off to ice my cupcakes, see ya later! ;)
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
It's coming to an end!
DAY 56
Tuesday was such a busy day at the office, which I guess is a good thing, since I was never bored. Erika came back from London, which was a breath of fresh air. She was assigning me tasks again and being really helpful about whatever I was doing.
I started the morning off by working on the intranet photo site. I just corrected the store names and made sure that everything was in the right district and region. This was very meticulous and took up the majority of the day, but it felt really good to be done with everything. I felt good about sending this off to others in the company.
Later in the day, I worked on separating and organizing giant fabric tags for the bedding concepts in the store. There needed to be 140, but one of the tags ran out, and I only had 101. So I would have to continue next time. It was very easy, I had done this before with different bedding concepts. It was repetitive but it was good because it was in the afternoon, which made everything seem more quiet and peaceful. I knew what I was doing and I was doing it well.
I finished off the day by looking at more inspiration photos for the fall concepts.
DAY 57
Hello Wednesday.
Okay, so remember the huge photo archiving mission I have been doing basically my entire time at the internship, the one I FINALLY finished last week? Well this morning I received about 47 more emails from Erika to store away. Ugh. I didn't mind it before, but it was kind of bothersome today when I thought I was actually done. But I found a new strategy that made it go by a lot quicker, and there were a lot of new images that I had not seen before which made it a little bit better. I did that on and off throughout the day. By the end of the day I only had 17 left, so I did 30 today, which is pretty good!
Today I sent my pictures to Tami for the fall inspiration. I was kind of nervous to see what she would say because I didn't want to be too off concept and it was really hard to find some pictures for one of them. But thankfully she liked them. She told me that I was really on track and I did a great job, but that she doesn't usually use apparel pictures in her home concepts, but they were pretty good so she would forward them on to Erin, who deals more with apparel. It sounds stupid to be excited about that one little tiny thing, but it felt like I was finally doing level work. Then she actually gave me two more concepts I could work on for her, which was pretty cool because I felt like I did the first job well enough that she trusted me with this.
I went out to lunch today with the girls and it was really nice, they treated me and it was fun to hang out with all of them in a more relaxed environment (AND it was so delicious). I am actually going to miss everyone. Hopefully I will be back for another internship and possibly a job.
Later in the day I finished working on the bed tags and eventually the day came to a close.
It is weird to think that this is actually one of my last weeks here. I don't think of it that way because my parents live here but after this week I am going to Ohio, then I will spend one night back here, and then after that one day I am heading up to New York til May!! Craziness.
Tuesday was such a busy day at the office, which I guess is a good thing, since I was never bored. Erika came back from London, which was a breath of fresh air. She was assigning me tasks again and being really helpful about whatever I was doing.
I started the morning off by working on the intranet photo site. I just corrected the store names and made sure that everything was in the right district and region. This was very meticulous and took up the majority of the day, but it felt really good to be done with everything. I felt good about sending this off to others in the company.
Later in the day, I worked on separating and organizing giant fabric tags for the bedding concepts in the store. There needed to be 140, but one of the tags ran out, and I only had 101. So I would have to continue next time. It was very easy, I had done this before with different bedding concepts. It was repetitive but it was good because it was in the afternoon, which made everything seem more quiet and peaceful. I knew what I was doing and I was doing it well.
I finished off the day by looking at more inspiration photos for the fall concepts.
DAY 57
Hello Wednesday.
Okay, so remember the huge photo archiving mission I have been doing basically my entire time at the internship, the one I FINALLY finished last week? Well this morning I received about 47 more emails from Erika to store away. Ugh. I didn't mind it before, but it was kind of bothersome today when I thought I was actually done. But I found a new strategy that made it go by a lot quicker, and there were a lot of new images that I had not seen before which made it a little bit better. I did that on and off throughout the day. By the end of the day I only had 17 left, so I did 30 today, which is pretty good!
Today I sent my pictures to Tami for the fall inspiration. I was kind of nervous to see what she would say because I didn't want to be too off concept and it was really hard to find some pictures for one of them. But thankfully she liked them. She told me that I was really on track and I did a great job, but that she doesn't usually use apparel pictures in her home concepts, but they were pretty good so she would forward them on to Erin, who deals more with apparel. It sounds stupid to be excited about that one little tiny thing, but it felt like I was finally doing level work. Then she actually gave me two more concepts I could work on for her, which was pretty cool because I felt like I did the first job well enough that she trusted me with this.
I went out to lunch today with the girls and it was really nice, they treated me and it was fun to hang out with all of them in a more relaxed environment (AND it was so delicious). I am actually going to miss everyone. Hopefully I will be back for another internship and possibly a job.
Later in the day I finished working on the bed tags and eventually the day came to a close.
It is weird to think that this is actually one of my last weeks here. I don't think of it that way because my parents live here but after this week I am going to Ohio, then I will spend one night back here, and then after that one day I am heading up to New York til May!! Craziness.
Monday, March 22, 2010
You'll Find A Way
DAY 54
Sunday was another beautiful day in Philadelphia. My parents and I spent the day walking around down town and went out to lunch. Then we got water ice. It was nice.
Then I spent the rest of the day organizing and cleaning. I did all of my laundry and straightened up my room. It sounds simple, but I just feel so much better when things are clean in my room. I feel like I can actually focus and get some things done. I never used to feel like that before before this year. But it works for me.
So yes, I've been getting my clothes together for my trip back to Ohio. I am ambitiously trying to fit everything I need for a week into a sweet backpack I got at the sample sale. I really need to stop overpacking, it is such a hassle and definitely not worth the haul or chaos at the airport.
But so far I think I am doing well, I think I can do it!!
DAY 55
Today is so dreary and glum outside. I wish I could go outside and do something, and really try to enjoy the city before I leave next week. It is crazy that there is only one week left of the first walkabout. I think that everyone is really feeling sentimental towards what they are doing/where they are at this point. I mean, I know I'll be back here, but still it is kind of strange that what seemed like forever away is here already.
Although, I am much more excited to go back to Columbus to see my friends. I think that's why I've kind of fell into a bad mood streak lately. Not that I've been acting out (I don't think so anyway), but I just haven't really felt 100% like myself. I need some friendly interaction!! It is going to be so much fun and so good to see everyone again.
It's really strange to think where my friends and I all were a year ago today, and think about where we are now. We were so different, but I still feel like I can learn from who I was a year ago. I haven't changed TOTALLY, but the way I thought was sometimes better and more optimistic than it is today. I still felt like I had a lot in front of me, and for some reason I feel like I don't now. Even though I have the whole entire world and the rest of my life in front of me. I guess I'm just feeling weird about leaving high school and all the people I know.
Sunday was another beautiful day in Philadelphia. My parents and I spent the day walking around down town and went out to lunch. Then we got water ice. It was nice.
Then I spent the rest of the day organizing and cleaning. I did all of my laundry and straightened up my room. It sounds simple, but I just feel so much better when things are clean in my room. I feel like I can actually focus and get some things done. I never used to feel like that before before this year. But it works for me.
So yes, I've been getting my clothes together for my trip back to Ohio. I am ambitiously trying to fit everything I need for a week into a sweet backpack I got at the sample sale. I really need to stop overpacking, it is such a hassle and definitely not worth the haul or chaos at the airport.
But so far I think I am doing well, I think I can do it!!
DAY 55
Today is so dreary and glum outside. I wish I could go outside and do something, and really try to enjoy the city before I leave next week. It is crazy that there is only one week left of the first walkabout. I think that everyone is really feeling sentimental towards what they are doing/where they are at this point. I mean, I know I'll be back here, but still it is kind of strange that what seemed like forever away is here already.
Although, I am much more excited to go back to Columbus to see my friends. I think that's why I've kind of fell into a bad mood streak lately. Not that I've been acting out (I don't think so anyway), but I just haven't really felt 100% like myself. I need some friendly interaction!! It is going to be so much fun and so good to see everyone again.
It's really strange to think where my friends and I all were a year ago today, and think about where we are now. We were so different, but I still feel like I can learn from who I was a year ago. I haven't changed TOTALLY, but the way I thought was sometimes better and more optimistic than it is today. I still felt like I had a lot in front of me, and for some reason I feel like I don't now. Even though I have the whole entire world and the rest of my life in front of me. I guess I'm just feeling weird about leaving high school and all the people I know.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Animal
DAY 51
Wow, Thursday was such an awesome day! I woke up pretty early to get ready to go to the sample sale. The sample sale, is well, a sale of clothes that are all samples. It was everything you can fit into a bag for 50 dollars! I bought 2 bags of course. You would be surprised how much you could fit into a bag.
It was a little bit crazy. There was this huge line just waiting to get in. Once they opened the gates to start shopping, people literally started to run. Like seriously, is that necessary? But it was kind of intimidating, kind of like the movie 300. But I ended up getting a lot of awesome stuff, seriously SO SO many clothes! I was dying. I had a nice little clothing high for the rest of the day.
After that, I took the train to the store. And the store wasn't bad at all this day. The girl who I really didn't like before is actually turning into a fun person to work with. We just laughed and joked around the whole day, which made the work go by so much faster.
We are in the process of working on a huge exterior display of tropical looking leaves. Some are wooden and some are fabric. Well, the fabric ones need some structure to stand up, so our job was to wire about 100 gigantic canvas leaves. We did this all day. The leaves were already sewn with a a little hole to get the wire in and lining the perimeters. To be honest, I was really annoyed at first. This job was SO tedious. And I knew that we would be doing this ALL day. But that feeling only lasted for a couple minutes and it turned out to be kind of fun and definitely not as hard as I thought it would be. It's also nice to come up with creative ways to get things done, and then you think wow, that was a pretty easy/neat way and I came up with it. Haha.
DAY 52
Friday was such a beautiful day outside! It should have been a really wonderful day - nice weather, free lunch at the navy yard, I was looking fly in my new garb, but it wasn't.
For some reason I was in such a terrible mood, like all day. I think it was because I was talking to a friend who is still in Columbus and a wave of different emotions came over me. Like, I was super pissed at one point that I wasn't still there, enjoying my friends company and seeing all of the people at school every week at seminar like a lot of other people get to do. Then I would feel really triumphant that I was somewhere far away doing something awesome every single day. But at the same time, I didn't have any friends to celebrate that with. I don't know, I just felt odd and irrational all day. I was also pretty resentful and bitter towards certain people I left behind.
But my mom and I went to the park after work, which made me feel a little better about things. Life is life, and this is one of many times I'll feel discomfort but it doesn't last forever.
Anyway, at work that day I was doing the same thing over and over again. I scanned about 200 pictures of store front windows. They are like blue prints that the visual team likes to have so they can map out the different concepts for each season and send them to stores so the stores have a little guide of what to put in their window. It got kind of old, but I had a chance to do other things in between the scanning.
The other thing that I was doing was looking up pictures for the Fall Inspiration. It was amazing, I can't believe that this was my assignment. It was basically looking up things on the internet like blogs and other things like magazines and finding images that represent the concepts. It was awesome and I think that this is something that I am very good at. So it felt good to know what I'm doing and being confident that it was the right thing.
I am really enjoying walkabout!
DAY 53
Saturday my parents and I went to the zoo. It was lovely.
Then we went shopping.
Then we had a good dinner.
Not a shabby Saturday!! :)
Wow, Thursday was such an awesome day! I woke up pretty early to get ready to go to the sample sale. The sample sale, is well, a sale of clothes that are all samples. It was everything you can fit into a bag for 50 dollars! I bought 2 bags of course. You would be surprised how much you could fit into a bag.
It was a little bit crazy. There was this huge line just waiting to get in. Once they opened the gates to start shopping, people literally started to run. Like seriously, is that necessary? But it was kind of intimidating, kind of like the movie 300. But I ended up getting a lot of awesome stuff, seriously SO SO many clothes! I was dying. I had a nice little clothing high for the rest of the day.
After that, I took the train to the store. And the store wasn't bad at all this day. The girl who I really didn't like before is actually turning into a fun person to work with. We just laughed and joked around the whole day, which made the work go by so much faster.
We are in the process of working on a huge exterior display of tropical looking leaves. Some are wooden and some are fabric. Well, the fabric ones need some structure to stand up, so our job was to wire about 100 gigantic canvas leaves. We did this all day. The leaves were already sewn with a a little hole to get the wire in and lining the perimeters. To be honest, I was really annoyed at first. This job was SO tedious. And I knew that we would be doing this ALL day. But that feeling only lasted for a couple minutes and it turned out to be kind of fun and definitely not as hard as I thought it would be. It's also nice to come up with creative ways to get things done, and then you think wow, that was a pretty easy/neat way and I came up with it. Haha.
DAY 52
Friday was such a beautiful day outside! It should have been a really wonderful day - nice weather, free lunch at the navy yard, I was looking fly in my new garb, but it wasn't.
For some reason I was in such a terrible mood, like all day. I think it was because I was talking to a friend who is still in Columbus and a wave of different emotions came over me. Like, I was super pissed at one point that I wasn't still there, enjoying my friends company and seeing all of the people at school every week at seminar like a lot of other people get to do. Then I would feel really triumphant that I was somewhere far away doing something awesome every single day. But at the same time, I didn't have any friends to celebrate that with. I don't know, I just felt odd and irrational all day. I was also pretty resentful and bitter towards certain people I left behind.
But my mom and I went to the park after work, which made me feel a little better about things. Life is life, and this is one of many times I'll feel discomfort but it doesn't last forever.
Anyway, at work that day I was doing the same thing over and over again. I scanned about 200 pictures of store front windows. They are like blue prints that the visual team likes to have so they can map out the different concepts for each season and send them to stores so the stores have a little guide of what to put in their window. It got kind of old, but I had a chance to do other things in between the scanning.
The other thing that I was doing was looking up pictures for the Fall Inspiration. It was amazing, I can't believe that this was my assignment. It was basically looking up things on the internet like blogs and other things like magazines and finding images that represent the concepts. It was awesome and I think that this is something that I am very good at. So it felt good to know what I'm doing and being confident that it was the right thing.
I am really enjoying walkabout!
DAY 53
Saturday my parents and I went to the zoo. It was lovely.
Then we went shopping.
Then we had a good dinner.
Not a shabby Saturday!! :)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
sunshine on my window makes me happy
Okay, so I just wrote this huge thing, for two days. Then I accidentally pressed a key or something and it is all gone. SWEET. I loathe PC's.
Anyway...
DAY 49
Tuesday was back at the office. I spent the beginning of the day working with this huge shelf of magazines. They were all out of order and needed to be put back in order. I actually didn't mind doing this at all. It was sort of fun. I like re arranging things and putting them in their correct place. I feel so accomplished after. The visual team keeps the magazines for a variety of reasons, but usually for inspiration and such. It was also really neat to see a lot of magazines I had never even heard of (can you imagine that?).
I finished up the day by working on the photo archiving. It's crazy how much worked it looked like when I first started, and now I am nearly finished. I am actually quite proud of myself, because I work really hard and get things accomplished quickly. I think it surprises the rest of the team, but it surprises me that they aren't used to people working like that. Then again, I am only an intern and probably don't have the work load that they do.
DAY 50
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I am writing this at the office right now, since I finally finished all of the photo archiving! Yay!
I think I am about to go to lunch with two of my coworkers... even tho I packed my lunch haha. Oh well, my mom owe's me $15, so I think I might get some delicious sushi again... ha, my thought process is a strange one I know.
I'm not sure what I will be doing now that I am done with the photo archiving. Hopefully something not too physical since I am wearing a super short dress, that looked really good last night, but it looked really hookerish this morning (in fact, I was so embarassed to even get up to put my lunch in the fridge that I had to call my mom to bring me some tights, HAHA). Also, I am wearing heels for the first time to the office. Can you believe that? I used to wear crazy heels all the time to school and not even think twice about it. Now there is only two weeks left til I'm done with Walkabout, and just now I am wearing them. Part of it was that I didn't know what kind of work I would be doing, and then I got kind of nervous that everyone would be like "aww, does someone feel like a grown up, wearing big girl shoes to work.." Haha, now I realize that is totally irrational. And it really doesn't even matter what people think. You should SEE what some people wear here.
Anyway, I am off to enjoy the rest of my day.
Ciao!
Anyway...
DAY 49
Tuesday was back at the office. I spent the beginning of the day working with this huge shelf of magazines. They were all out of order and needed to be put back in order. I actually didn't mind doing this at all. It was sort of fun. I like re arranging things and putting them in their correct place. I feel so accomplished after. The visual team keeps the magazines for a variety of reasons, but usually for inspiration and such. It was also really neat to see a lot of magazines I had never even heard of (can you imagine that?).
I finished up the day by working on the photo archiving. It's crazy how much worked it looked like when I first started, and now I am nearly finished. I am actually quite proud of myself, because I work really hard and get things accomplished quickly. I think it surprises the rest of the team, but it surprises me that they aren't used to people working like that. Then again, I am only an intern and probably don't have the work load that they do.
DAY 50
Happy St. Patrick's Day! I am writing this at the office right now, since I finally finished all of the photo archiving! Yay!
I think I am about to go to lunch with two of my coworkers... even tho I packed my lunch haha. Oh well, my mom owe's me $15, so I think I might get some delicious sushi again... ha, my thought process is a strange one I know.
I'm not sure what I will be doing now that I am done with the photo archiving. Hopefully something not too physical since I am wearing a super short dress, that looked really good last night, but it looked really hookerish this morning (in fact, I was so embarassed to even get up to put my lunch in the fridge that I had to call my mom to bring me some tights, HAHA). Also, I am wearing heels for the first time to the office. Can you believe that? I used to wear crazy heels all the time to school and not even think twice about it. Now there is only two weeks left til I'm done with Walkabout, and just now I am wearing them. Part of it was that I didn't know what kind of work I would be doing, and then I got kind of nervous that everyone would be like "aww, does someone feel like a grown up, wearing big girl shoes to work.." Haha, now I realize that is totally irrational. And it really doesn't even matter what people think. You should SEE what some people wear here.
Anyway, I am off to enjoy the rest of my day.
Ciao!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Whole Lotta Love
Hello, I'm back. Sorry I am so terrible with keeping up with this blog!
DAY 44
Thursday I was absolutely dreading going to the store. I just hate the way that people there treat me so differently than people at the home office. I don't know, they just always seem miserable and not very sweet. I don't need someone to be upbeat 24/7, but come on, you are living another day, how bad can that be?
Well the store actually wasn't bad. The people were being nice and sun shiney for once. Maybe they were working on a difficult project or something when I met them before. But since I am the oh so mature one here, I will give them the benefit of the doubt. ;) The one girl who I absolutely did not like kind of came out of her shell today. We got to talking and we had a lot more in common than I thought we would, and she's actually kind of funny!
It didn't hurt that the things I was doing this day weren't too bad. I started off the day by cutting giant pieces of fabric in the shape of leaves. We are doing a huge display on the exterior of the building (which is kind of a risky move) but I have a feeling it will be so grand and so worth it. It is basically just a lot of gigantic leaves towering over the windows and entry way. Next I put the leave shapes together so they could be sewn. This took up the majority of my morning, but I didn't mind. I love to work with fabric and canvas. They are so unique together.
Meanwhile, Annalily was cutting out large leaves out of wood. I helped her sand them down. There were sooo many. But for some reason, working with the wood was oddly satisfying.
Next I went to lunch and sat in the park. It wasn't very warm or sunny outside but for some reason it felt really good to be outside. I saw a lot of people and a lot of dogs. I just sat there for the whole hour, and enjoyed myself and fresh air. I was probably choking on all the dust from all the sanding.
When I got back I finished up the sanding and moved on to the painting of the leaves. We painted them 3 different shades of green. I loved doing this. For some reason, I love to paint. Not really like a beautiful portrait of something, but just slab it on and spread it around. Haha, again, it felt satisfying, like "Ahh, this is now complete and smooth". I don't know maybe I'm strange. Then before I knew it, it was the end of the day!
DAY 45
On Friday, the entire visual department was out of the office, so I worked with the art department instead. I helped them set up all of the invitations for a big upcoming event. Then I helped with their big re organization project. It was so easy, and I felt so helpful. I've been helping the visual department with the organization of the rolling racks lately, so it was really easy to find where to put things and how they could be moved so we could have more room for other things. HA I think I should work at the Container Store instead!
It was really amazing working with the art department. I got to see all of their past projects, some which were entered into competitions and were featured in magazines and newspapers, and they are so unbelievably creative. I really don't know how they come up with such cute and interesting things, and how they end up topping it every year. I saw a lot of invitations that they did for Anthro events, and it is insane to think how they come up with things. But it's no wonder Anthro is on top of it's game in the retail world either.
I ended up getting off early that day, since we completed everything fairly quickly, which was nice.
DAY 46
Saturday was no day for me to sleep in! Although I wish it was, I felt like this week had gone by sooo slow. I was so sore all week, ugh. But anyway, I ran some errands with my parents, then we went to my aunt's surprise 30th birthday party. That was fun, and nice to see all of my family members. And the food was yummy too! I spent the rest of the day with the rest of my aunts, and cousins and friends, which was a lot of fun. I love spending time with them. You would think that I would see them more now that I live here, but unfortunately it is not as much as I'd like it to be!
DAY 47
I ended up sleeping over my aunt's that night, with another aunt of mine. Ha, that was a fun and funny time.
I took the train home, which was again, nothing compared to NYC transit, which I am dreading by the way. My parents and I went out to lunch, which was really delicious! Mm, I love food. But besides that, Sunday was my first lazy day in a while, and totally needed.
DAY 48
Today we went to Manayunk to shop at this little Tibetan store. I have been begging my mom to take me for the longest time. I love all of the clothes and jewelry there, and I really wanted to go before I went to NYC. WELL, of course it would be my luck that it was closed. :( I was very upset. But we made up for it by grabbing some pizza (haha food always makes me feel better, are you noticing a trend here?) and going to a different but similar oriental type shop. I got the cutest little butterfly ring!
Today made me realize that I do not have that much money left and I have no job. I am about to be living in the most expensive city ever, and I am kind of freaking out. I have such a bad habit of spending, and that really needs to stop. But the thing is, I haven't gotten any new clothes since Christmas!! And it is about to be spring, so I'd like a little revival.
Also, I emailed the woman at Universal Force Healing Center, but she still hasn't gotten back to me, so I'm not sure if I even have a second walkabout going on at the moment or what I should wear or buy to work there. UGH STRESS!!! I know I will get through it one step at a time but it really bothers me that I have no idea what is going on.
Hopefully I will figure out more this week. Also, I am going back to Ohio in two weeks and I am SO SO SO excited!
DAY 44
Thursday I was absolutely dreading going to the store. I just hate the way that people there treat me so differently than people at the home office. I don't know, they just always seem miserable and not very sweet. I don't need someone to be upbeat 24/7, but come on, you are living another day, how bad can that be?
Well the store actually wasn't bad. The people were being nice and sun shiney for once. Maybe they were working on a difficult project or something when I met them before. But since I am the oh so mature one here, I will give them the benefit of the doubt. ;) The one girl who I absolutely did not like kind of came out of her shell today. We got to talking and we had a lot more in common than I thought we would, and she's actually kind of funny!
It didn't hurt that the things I was doing this day weren't too bad. I started off the day by cutting giant pieces of fabric in the shape of leaves. We are doing a huge display on the exterior of the building (which is kind of a risky move) but I have a feeling it will be so grand and so worth it. It is basically just a lot of gigantic leaves towering over the windows and entry way. Next I put the leave shapes together so they could be sewn. This took up the majority of my morning, but I didn't mind. I love to work with fabric and canvas. They are so unique together.
Meanwhile, Annalily was cutting out large leaves out of wood. I helped her sand them down. There were sooo many. But for some reason, working with the wood was oddly satisfying.
Next I went to lunch and sat in the park. It wasn't very warm or sunny outside but for some reason it felt really good to be outside. I saw a lot of people and a lot of dogs. I just sat there for the whole hour, and enjoyed myself and fresh air. I was probably choking on all the dust from all the sanding.
When I got back I finished up the sanding and moved on to the painting of the leaves. We painted them 3 different shades of green. I loved doing this. For some reason, I love to paint. Not really like a beautiful portrait of something, but just slab it on and spread it around. Haha, again, it felt satisfying, like "Ahh, this is now complete and smooth". I don't know maybe I'm strange. Then before I knew it, it was the end of the day!
DAY 45
On Friday, the entire visual department was out of the office, so I worked with the art department instead. I helped them set up all of the invitations for a big upcoming event. Then I helped with their big re organization project. It was so easy, and I felt so helpful. I've been helping the visual department with the organization of the rolling racks lately, so it was really easy to find where to put things and how they could be moved so we could have more room for other things. HA I think I should work at the Container Store instead!
It was really amazing working with the art department. I got to see all of their past projects, some which were entered into competitions and were featured in magazines and newspapers, and they are so unbelievably creative. I really don't know how they come up with such cute and interesting things, and how they end up topping it every year. I saw a lot of invitations that they did for Anthro events, and it is insane to think how they come up with things. But it's no wonder Anthro is on top of it's game in the retail world either.
I ended up getting off early that day, since we completed everything fairly quickly, which was nice.
DAY 46
Saturday was no day for me to sleep in! Although I wish it was, I felt like this week had gone by sooo slow. I was so sore all week, ugh. But anyway, I ran some errands with my parents, then we went to my aunt's surprise 30th birthday party. That was fun, and nice to see all of my family members. And the food was yummy too! I spent the rest of the day with the rest of my aunts, and cousins and friends, which was a lot of fun. I love spending time with them. You would think that I would see them more now that I live here, but unfortunately it is not as much as I'd like it to be!
DAY 47
I ended up sleeping over my aunt's that night, with another aunt of mine. Ha, that was a fun and funny time.
I took the train home, which was again, nothing compared to NYC transit, which I am dreading by the way. My parents and I went out to lunch, which was really delicious! Mm, I love food. But besides that, Sunday was my first lazy day in a while, and totally needed.
DAY 48
Today we went to Manayunk to shop at this little Tibetan store. I have been begging my mom to take me for the longest time. I love all of the clothes and jewelry there, and I really wanted to go before I went to NYC. WELL, of course it would be my luck that it was closed. :( I was very upset. But we made up for it by grabbing some pizza (haha food always makes me feel better, are you noticing a trend here?) and going to a different but similar oriental type shop. I got the cutest little butterfly ring!
Today made me realize that I do not have that much money left and I have no job. I am about to be living in the most expensive city ever, and I am kind of freaking out. I have such a bad habit of spending, and that really needs to stop. But the thing is, I haven't gotten any new clothes since Christmas!! And it is about to be spring, so I'd like a little revival.
Also, I emailed the woman at Universal Force Healing Center, but she still hasn't gotten back to me, so I'm not sure if I even have a second walkabout going on at the moment or what I should wear or buy to work there. UGH STRESS!!! I know I will get through it one step at a time but it really bothers me that I have no idea what is going on.
Hopefully I will figure out more this week. Also, I am going back to Ohio in two weeks and I am SO SO SO excited!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
keep on keepin' on
hola!
DAY 42
Tuesday was a quiet day at the office. I did photo archiving all day. It got pretty repetitive after a while, but I really ended up making a huge dent in the work load. I was also super tired and extremely sore from walking around New York so much the past weekend, so I was happy that I didn't have to do much physical work, haha. Honestly, I have never felt that sore in my entire life!
When I got home I did some yoga, meditation, and abdominal work outs haha, they are my favorite for some reason. It just feels so good, like I just want to keep doing more and more. I'm not like that with all working out, just yoga and sit ups for some reason. But it makes me feel buzzed and happy.
I have been having kind of a difficult time thinking about what I want to for my second walkabout. I was supposed to do the second one at a magazine, but it looks like that may not work out. Honestly, that is fine with me if it doesn't work out since I have another one at a yoga studio in the works. Yes, I would love to do something in the creative field; it would really help further my career in the fashion field. However, I know I will be doing a lot of internships like that in the future since I have been admitted to the fashion program at Philadelphia University, so I think a lot of work similar to that will come my way. I don't know when the next chance will come for me to work at a cool yoga place and get a chance to get to really know myself and calm dow a bit.
I don't know... it's just so hard to decide and I feel guilty for making Jen and the others wait.
DAY 43
Today was kind of irritating. The dynamic between me and one of my coworkers has changed since the beginning. It has only felt this way since last week. I don't know what it is, I am just getting the vibe that she is talking down to me a lot, or acting like I am dumb. She's not really mean at all, I just feel like she acts like I can't do anything. Or she forgets certain things, then remembers, and then acts like it was my fault that something didn't get done when SHE is the one who told me not to do it. I don't know, it's just very frustrating. I am trying so hard to keep a positive attitude at all times at work. I am trying so hard to tell myself that "maybe she doesn't mean it like that" and I try to take what she says in a positive tone, like she is trying REALLY hard to help me. But it still doesn't help too much. My intuition is stronger, and I feel like she is getting tired of me or something.
I don't really do much when I get back from walkabout. I'm such a loser. I try to work out and meditate a little bit. I have been eating healthier lately and drinking 8 glasses of water a day! I am actually trying really hard to get my health on track. Not necessarily a diet, but just doing things that are better for my body. It feels good so far.
Anyway, I am quite tired. Goodnight! :)
DAY 42
Tuesday was a quiet day at the office. I did photo archiving all day. It got pretty repetitive after a while, but I really ended up making a huge dent in the work load. I was also super tired and extremely sore from walking around New York so much the past weekend, so I was happy that I didn't have to do much physical work, haha. Honestly, I have never felt that sore in my entire life!
When I got home I did some yoga, meditation, and abdominal work outs haha, they are my favorite for some reason. It just feels so good, like I just want to keep doing more and more. I'm not like that with all working out, just yoga and sit ups for some reason. But it makes me feel buzzed and happy.
I have been having kind of a difficult time thinking about what I want to for my second walkabout. I was supposed to do the second one at a magazine, but it looks like that may not work out. Honestly, that is fine with me if it doesn't work out since I have another one at a yoga studio in the works. Yes, I would love to do something in the creative field; it would really help further my career in the fashion field. However, I know I will be doing a lot of internships like that in the future since I have been admitted to the fashion program at Philadelphia University, so I think a lot of work similar to that will come my way. I don't know when the next chance will come for me to work at a cool yoga place and get a chance to get to really know myself and calm dow a bit.
I don't know... it's just so hard to decide and I feel guilty for making Jen and the others wait.
DAY 43
Today was kind of irritating. The dynamic between me and one of my coworkers has changed since the beginning. It has only felt this way since last week. I don't know what it is, I am just getting the vibe that she is talking down to me a lot, or acting like I am dumb. She's not really mean at all, I just feel like she acts like I can't do anything. Or she forgets certain things, then remembers, and then acts like it was my fault that something didn't get done when SHE is the one who told me not to do it. I don't know, it's just very frustrating. I am trying so hard to keep a positive attitude at all times at work. I am trying so hard to tell myself that "maybe she doesn't mean it like that" and I try to take what she says in a positive tone, like she is trying REALLY hard to help me. But it still doesn't help too much. My intuition is stronger, and I feel like she is getting tired of me or something.
I don't really do much when I get back from walkabout. I'm such a loser. I try to work out and meditate a little bit. I have been eating healthier lately and drinking 8 glasses of water a day! I am actually trying really hard to get my health on track. Not necessarily a diet, but just doing things that are better for my body. It feels good so far.
Anyway, I am quite tired. Goodnight! :)
Monday, March 8, 2010
no sleep til brooklyn
DAY 36
Wednesday was another day at the office. For some reason this week at the office was just not fairing too well for me. I always look forward to coming into the office because it is so warm and sunny, not just the office physically, but the people are kind of the same; always pretty cheery and helpful. I just have a feeling that everyone was on edge this week and had to get a lot done, so they weren't like the people I had come to know.
I have just been working on the same photo archiving project. I thought it would get kind of old, but honestly, I really don't mind doing it because I get to look at gorgeous pictures all day. I also get to see how some of these things are done in the store that I have always found myself wondering how they were made. It really gives me a boost of creativity and a plethora of new ideas. Everything done with Anthropolgie is just so creative in every way. They always go the extra mile.
DAY 37
Thursdays are days at the store. This was the first time that I took the train/subway system in Philadelphia by myself! I was kind of nervous at first, but my mom reminded me that this is what I wanted, to be independent. And it's true, but I guess everything for the first time can be nerve racking. Besides, Philadelphia public transportation is nothing compared to NYC public transportation... which I will get to in a little bit.
So my train ride wasn't bad at all. I got to the store right on time and went right back to collaging. I thought that it would be really, really fun, because hey a whole day of collaging does not sound bad at all, but I did find myself getting really bored of it after 7 hours. I also felt sort of guilty that there was other harder work being done that day by other people but I was just leisurely cutting out pictures. So I finally asked my mentor type girl at the store, Annalily, if I should help out but she reassured me that this job had to be done just like all the others did. I felt better about that because I wasn't just doing busy work.
DAY 38
Friday!! TGIF, FOR REAL!!
Today I was back at the store, but I didn't work on the archiving of the photos too much. Although I'm not totally bored with doing that, it was a nice break to concentrate on something else. What I did instead was work on this big reorganization project. There are these HUGE shelves called rolling racks which the different departments keep their supplies on. Well the visual team practically has the whole rolling rack on one end of the building (I think the art department has 2 shelves out of like 10 columns, haha). Well some supplies are still in cardboard boxes and the others are neatly in clear bins. Some don;t have labels and some do. So it was my job to reorganize, find out which bins needed labels, needed to be relocated, and which things needed to be moved out of their boxes into clear bins. I thought it would be a huge pain in the ass at first, but it was actually kind of fun as the day went on. I liked figuring what was where and I liked getting a sense of what the department has. Also, we needed more bins so Katie and I went to Ikea to go get more.
It was really interesting to see and interact with someone outside of the office. Not that we acted too differently than we normally do, but it was quite different. We went to this big fabric place called Jomar too. That place was sort of janky and strange, but it has soooo much fabric. So we got some things for the opening of the Chelsea store in Manhattan. I'm loving being apart of the team and being apart of this whole planning part. I like to see what is going on with new stores and in the company as a whole.
I was so excited it was friday today because I was very much looking forward to visiting Brendan Box in Brooklyn! Wow! It had been so long since I last saw him in person. But at the same time, I felt like I still knew what was going on his life a lot that we didn't have to rehash everything that has happened since January when we finally met up.
Brendan met me at the train station with his friend LeighAnn, who is so nice and sweet, and staying in New York until next year, so hopefully I will have a friend when I come back! We walked around for a little bit and Brendan showed me around Brooklyn around where he lived. I liked being introduced to all of his loftstel friends. It is so crazy to see where all these people come from and what they're doing now! I think it's great the Brendan is staying there because it such a good way to meet new friends and to meet new personalities and learn so many different things.
Brendan took me back to my aunt's house in Manhattan later that night, which was so nice of him. I really can't thank him enough for being so helpful and accommodating this weekend!
DAY 39
On Saturday I was so tired and sore from running around the day before, but I still got up bright and early to head back to Brooklkyn to see Brendan. We went to this AMAZING bagel place for breakfast (it is very true that NY bagels are so much better than anywhere else). Then we went back to his loftstel and hung out on his balcony, it was such a beautiful weekend!
Then I met up with my other aunt and my grandmother and cousin. We went out to lunch and shopped til we dropped (which I ended up dropping way before them)! I was happy to get back to my aunt's place so I could take a nice nap. :)
My aunt and I just ended up going out to a late dinner and walking around the city that night.
DAY 40
Brendan and LeighAnn came over to my aunt's in Manhattan and dropped off my backpack which I had left there like the whole weekend unfortunately, which makes me kind of wonder why I even packed at all haha. Oh well. But that was incredibly nice of them to make the trip over, I'm glad I have such sweet and helpful friends. I hope I can learn the ropes of NYC transit quickly so I don't have to stick in one place for too long or end up getting lost all the time haha.
Then we walked around the west side and went to Central Park for HOURS! But it was really fun because it was so unbelievably nice outside! We saw this huge Alice in Wonderland statue and went up on the roof of Belvedere Castle in Central Park. It was really great.
Then later I made the trip back home. I was happy to sleep in my own comfy bed, and man was I so sore! Good thing I have off on Mondays!
DAY 41
Ah Monday, my day of rest. I am so glad I have today off because I feel so weak and lazy. But the weekend was definitely well worth the pain, ha!
I am really happy I got to see one of my closest friends, and I'm glad that we can still be great friends no matter where we live. It also really makes me want to see my other friends in Ohio more. But I've realized who my good friends are, and who I want to keep around for a while. It is a two way street with communicating, and the people who I have been in contact with the most are definitely the ones who I'd like to be in contact with for a while.
I've also learned that I'm not sure if the city is for me. I am probably going to regret saying that once I move there, but this weekend made me realize some things about myself. While it will get better once I move there, I am so terrible with directions right now that it makes me worry how I will be when I am actually independent in nyc. I know I have always, always, always wanted to live in the city, like since I was four, something inside of me thinks that I would be better suited for somehwere more relaxed and calming. Like California... on the beach... haha, well I'm sure a lot of people think that about themselves. But again, who knows I could totally be back on the city track once I've been up there for a few weeks.
It is crazy how time has gone by so fast.
Wednesday was another day at the office. For some reason this week at the office was just not fairing too well for me. I always look forward to coming into the office because it is so warm and sunny, not just the office physically, but the people are kind of the same; always pretty cheery and helpful. I just have a feeling that everyone was on edge this week and had to get a lot done, so they weren't like the people I had come to know.
I have just been working on the same photo archiving project. I thought it would get kind of old, but honestly, I really don't mind doing it because I get to look at gorgeous pictures all day. I also get to see how some of these things are done in the store that I have always found myself wondering how they were made. It really gives me a boost of creativity and a plethora of new ideas. Everything done with Anthropolgie is just so creative in every way. They always go the extra mile.
DAY 37
Thursdays are days at the store. This was the first time that I took the train/subway system in Philadelphia by myself! I was kind of nervous at first, but my mom reminded me that this is what I wanted, to be independent. And it's true, but I guess everything for the first time can be nerve racking. Besides, Philadelphia public transportation is nothing compared to NYC public transportation... which I will get to in a little bit.
So my train ride wasn't bad at all. I got to the store right on time and went right back to collaging. I thought that it would be really, really fun, because hey a whole day of collaging does not sound bad at all, but I did find myself getting really bored of it after 7 hours. I also felt sort of guilty that there was other harder work being done that day by other people but I was just leisurely cutting out pictures. So I finally asked my mentor type girl at the store, Annalily, if I should help out but she reassured me that this job had to be done just like all the others did. I felt better about that because I wasn't just doing busy work.
DAY 38
Friday!! TGIF, FOR REAL!!
Today I was back at the store, but I didn't work on the archiving of the photos too much. Although I'm not totally bored with doing that, it was a nice break to concentrate on something else. What I did instead was work on this big reorganization project. There are these HUGE shelves called rolling racks which the different departments keep their supplies on. Well the visual team practically has the whole rolling rack on one end of the building (I think the art department has 2 shelves out of like 10 columns, haha). Well some supplies are still in cardboard boxes and the others are neatly in clear bins. Some don;t have labels and some do. So it was my job to reorganize, find out which bins needed labels, needed to be relocated, and which things needed to be moved out of their boxes into clear bins. I thought it would be a huge pain in the ass at first, but it was actually kind of fun as the day went on. I liked figuring what was where and I liked getting a sense of what the department has. Also, we needed more bins so Katie and I went to Ikea to go get more.
It was really interesting to see and interact with someone outside of the office. Not that we acted too differently than we normally do, but it was quite different. We went to this big fabric place called Jomar too. That place was sort of janky and strange, but it has soooo much fabric. So we got some things for the opening of the Chelsea store in Manhattan. I'm loving being apart of the team and being apart of this whole planning part. I like to see what is going on with new stores and in the company as a whole.
I was so excited it was friday today because I was very much looking forward to visiting Brendan Box in Brooklyn! Wow! It had been so long since I last saw him in person. But at the same time, I felt like I still knew what was going on his life a lot that we didn't have to rehash everything that has happened since January when we finally met up.
Brendan met me at the train station with his friend LeighAnn, who is so nice and sweet, and staying in New York until next year, so hopefully I will have a friend when I come back! We walked around for a little bit and Brendan showed me around Brooklyn around where he lived. I liked being introduced to all of his loftstel friends. It is so crazy to see where all these people come from and what they're doing now! I think it's great the Brendan is staying there because it such a good way to meet new friends and to meet new personalities and learn so many different things.
Brendan took me back to my aunt's house in Manhattan later that night, which was so nice of him. I really can't thank him enough for being so helpful and accommodating this weekend!
DAY 39
On Saturday I was so tired and sore from running around the day before, but I still got up bright and early to head back to Brooklkyn to see Brendan. We went to this AMAZING bagel place for breakfast (it is very true that NY bagels are so much better than anywhere else). Then we went back to his loftstel and hung out on his balcony, it was such a beautiful weekend!
Then I met up with my other aunt and my grandmother and cousin. We went out to lunch and shopped til we dropped (which I ended up dropping way before them)! I was happy to get back to my aunt's place so I could take a nice nap. :)
My aunt and I just ended up going out to a late dinner and walking around the city that night.
DAY 40
Brendan and LeighAnn came over to my aunt's in Manhattan and dropped off my backpack which I had left there like the whole weekend unfortunately, which makes me kind of wonder why I even packed at all haha. Oh well. But that was incredibly nice of them to make the trip over, I'm glad I have such sweet and helpful friends. I hope I can learn the ropes of NYC transit quickly so I don't have to stick in one place for too long or end up getting lost all the time haha.
Then we walked around the west side and went to Central Park for HOURS! But it was really fun because it was so unbelievably nice outside! We saw this huge Alice in Wonderland statue and went up on the roof of Belvedere Castle in Central Park. It was really great.
Then later I made the trip back home. I was happy to sleep in my own comfy bed, and man was I so sore! Good thing I have off on Mondays!
DAY 41
Ah Monday, my day of rest. I am so glad I have today off because I feel so weak and lazy. But the weekend was definitely well worth the pain, ha!
I am really happy I got to see one of my closest friends, and I'm glad that we can still be great friends no matter where we live. It also really makes me want to see my other friends in Ohio more. But I've realized who my good friends are, and who I want to keep around for a while. It is a two way street with communicating, and the people who I have been in contact with the most are definitely the ones who I'd like to be in contact with for a while.
I've also learned that I'm not sure if the city is for me. I am probably going to regret saying that once I move there, but this weekend made me realize some things about myself. While it will get better once I move there, I am so terrible with directions right now that it makes me worry how I will be when I am actually independent in nyc. I know I have always, always, always wanted to live in the city, like since I was four, something inside of me thinks that I would be better suited for somehwere more relaxed and calming. Like California... on the beach... haha, well I'm sure a lot of people think that about themselves. But again, who knows I could totally be back on the city track once I've been up there for a few weeks.
It is crazy how time has gone by so fast.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Ch Ch Changes!
DAY 34
I really love Monday's off. It is so nice to be able to wake up lazily whenever I want and not have to dread getting ready in the morning and then feeling like crap all day. I don't know, Mondays and I never meshed. I also like going to work starting on Tuesdays because I miss the people who feel the same way about Mondays as I do, so they don't bring me down either!
Monday was a nice catch up day. I went grocery shopping with my mom. It was nice to be able to spend some time with her, and I don't mind grocery shopping. I don't think I've ever seen so much produce in our cart before! Seriously, it was half filled up with fruits and vegetables. I love it though, I am trying to eat healthier and I think it will just be a lot easier now that we are more settled into our house and things don't always have to be so on the go or trying to cook something healthy/complex at someone else's house-- that is always a pain.
I finally got my room all set up and decorated the way I like it. I love decorating my room. It's so nice to just have a blank slate to work with. It's also nice that I have gotten rid of a lot of useless things over the past couple times we have moved. I used to be such a pack rat, but it feels really cleansing to leave behind a lot of that junk I never used to be out of my life. I see a nice new phase happening; just trying to be more clear and concise with my life, and focusing on the things that really matter, which really arent material things at all.
It's a little bit hard to cope sometimes though. I really, really miss my friends. I know I keep on mentioning this, but I think it's something good to know: I used to think I liked to be alone a lot, but now I realize I love my friends and family and I hate being away from them. I just don't even feel like myself anymore. I haven't really felt like myself in a long time. I feel like I never really have the time to decompress or just relax and laugh like I used to. Things are moving so quickly in my life right now that I'd actually like to sit down and just take the precious time to reflect, as corny as that sounds. It;s weird, because I feel like I had more of that time even when I had 3 college comp papers due, a part time job, a full time boyfriend, and a full time load of broad stress. Ugh.
DAY 35
This Tuesday really felt like a Monday. For some reason I had the feeling that everyone was in a bad mood and they were all being kind of short. They weren't being mean at all, just very different from their normally peppy selves.
We are starting on this really new big project. It is part of the photo archiving mission. Anthro wants to keep pictures of the past displays that they have done for past concepts in different seasons for future reference. Right now they are keeping the photos on a third party picture website, which isn't beneficial to the company in any way. So they are starting to move ALL of the pictures from the website to their own system, so the pictures go from being on the internet to the intranet. It will be easier for the stores to access and upload photos this way, and no one else who isn;t in the company or has no business seeing these pictures cannot see them. It will be a much easier system once it is all set up, but the setting up part is where it gets tricky and it is also where I come in! Haha.
It was kind of hard to follow the directions of how to actually do this. We are suppossed to create a family tree type of system of folders for the region, district and stores. It was hard for me because I really am not good with computers. esp. PC's. I mean I'm not an old lady, but I'm really not too familiar with all the things on a PC or how to navigate this new program. It was also difficult because my mentors were referencing all of these people I had never heard of and their title's which I had no idea what they were. Ugh. It was just kind of hard to keep up, and I felt bad asking so many questions on top of their already bad mood.
Overall, it was just an uncomfortable day. No one seemed to be in a good mood, which makes everything harder. I don't see how anyone could really act like that when the place they work is so unbelievably amazing. Yet again, everyone is entitled to their bad days. I know that better than anyone.
I am so excited to say that I am going up to Brooklyn to visit Brendan this weekend! It will be so good to see one of my best friends again. It will be really fun to see the city and where he is living too. I also get to see my aunts! Woo! Too bad it's only for a few days.
I really want to start doing yoga again. I have worked in a couple sun salutations lately, but I want continue like how I used to. It was easier when I had a set time to do it, and it was for a class. But I felt so good when I did yoga. I always went from groggy to flexible and easy going. I miss that feeling. I miss feeling that kind of endorphin-y good!
Well I think I will start that tonight, and maybe do some meditation before I go to sleep! Now that I think about it, it;s incredible that the absolute best times of my life were when I was doing yoga and meditating everyday. Honestly, it really works. Hopefully I will have a revival of those awesome feelings and outcomes again.
I really love Monday's off. It is so nice to be able to wake up lazily whenever I want and not have to dread getting ready in the morning and then feeling like crap all day. I don't know, Mondays and I never meshed. I also like going to work starting on Tuesdays because I miss the people who feel the same way about Mondays as I do, so they don't bring me down either!
Monday was a nice catch up day. I went grocery shopping with my mom. It was nice to be able to spend some time with her, and I don't mind grocery shopping. I don't think I've ever seen so much produce in our cart before! Seriously, it was half filled up with fruits and vegetables. I love it though, I am trying to eat healthier and I think it will just be a lot easier now that we are more settled into our house and things don't always have to be so on the go or trying to cook something healthy/complex at someone else's house-- that is always a pain.
I finally got my room all set up and decorated the way I like it. I love decorating my room. It's so nice to just have a blank slate to work with. It's also nice that I have gotten rid of a lot of useless things over the past couple times we have moved. I used to be such a pack rat, but it feels really cleansing to leave behind a lot of that junk I never used to be out of my life. I see a nice new phase happening; just trying to be more clear and concise with my life, and focusing on the things that really matter, which really arent material things at all.
It's a little bit hard to cope sometimes though. I really, really miss my friends. I know I keep on mentioning this, but I think it's something good to know: I used to think I liked to be alone a lot, but now I realize I love my friends and family and I hate being away from them. I just don't even feel like myself anymore. I haven't really felt like myself in a long time. I feel like I never really have the time to decompress or just relax and laugh like I used to. Things are moving so quickly in my life right now that I'd actually like to sit down and just take the precious time to reflect, as corny as that sounds. It;s weird, because I feel like I had more of that time even when I had 3 college comp papers due, a part time job, a full time boyfriend, and a full time load of broad stress. Ugh.
DAY 35
This Tuesday really felt like a Monday. For some reason I had the feeling that everyone was in a bad mood and they were all being kind of short. They weren't being mean at all, just very different from their normally peppy selves.
We are starting on this really new big project. It is part of the photo archiving mission. Anthro wants to keep pictures of the past displays that they have done for past concepts in different seasons for future reference. Right now they are keeping the photos on a third party picture website, which isn't beneficial to the company in any way. So they are starting to move ALL of the pictures from the website to their own system, so the pictures go from being on the internet to the intranet. It will be easier for the stores to access and upload photos this way, and no one else who isn;t in the company or has no business seeing these pictures cannot see them. It will be a much easier system once it is all set up, but the setting up part is where it gets tricky and it is also where I come in! Haha.
It was kind of hard to follow the directions of how to actually do this. We are suppossed to create a family tree type of system of folders for the region, district and stores. It was hard for me because I really am not good with computers. esp. PC's. I mean I'm not an old lady, but I'm really not too familiar with all the things on a PC or how to navigate this new program. It was also difficult because my mentors were referencing all of these people I had never heard of and their title's which I had no idea what they were. Ugh. It was just kind of hard to keep up, and I felt bad asking so many questions on top of their already bad mood.
Overall, it was just an uncomfortable day. No one seemed to be in a good mood, which makes everything harder. I don't see how anyone could really act like that when the place they work is so unbelievably amazing. Yet again, everyone is entitled to their bad days. I know that better than anyone.
I am so excited to say that I am going up to Brooklyn to visit Brendan this weekend! It will be so good to see one of my best friends again. It will be really fun to see the city and where he is living too. I also get to see my aunts! Woo! Too bad it's only for a few days.
I really want to start doing yoga again. I have worked in a couple sun salutations lately, but I want continue like how I used to. It was easier when I had a set time to do it, and it was for a class. But I felt so good when I did yoga. I always went from groggy to flexible and easy going. I miss that feeling. I miss feeling that kind of endorphin-y good!
Well I think I will start that tonight, and maybe do some meditation before I go to sleep! Now that I think about it, it;s incredible that the absolute best times of my life were when I was doing yoga and meditating everyday. Honestly, it really works. Hopefully I will have a revival of those awesome feelings and outcomes again.
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